Prime Minister’s Independence Day 2025 Speech

Context (PIB): India celebrated its 79^th Independence Day on August 15, 2025. The Prime Minister delivered the Independence Day 2025 Address from Red Fort, outlining transformative missions and reforms for Viksit Bharat 2047.
Theme of 79^th Independence Day: Naya Bharat, reflecting the vision of Viksit Bharat by 2047.

PM’s Major Announcements

The breadth of commitments underscores a developmental state model balancing sovereignty, social justice, and technological modernity.

Indus Treaty: India’s withdrawal secures irrigation resources, strengthening farmers’ long-term rights.
Mission Sudarshan Chakra: Decade-long programme using indigenous technology to protect strategic, civilian, and religious sites nationwide, with a targeted completion year of 2035.
High-Powered Demography Mission to address infiltration and illegal migration in border areas, ensuring the unity, integrity, and rights of India’s citizens are safeguarded

Tax Relief: Income up to ₹12 lakh exempted, stimulating broader domestic consumption growth.
GST Reforms: Next-generation GST changes promised, reducing compliance burdens on businesses.
Legal Task Force: High-powered body constituted to modernise laws for the contemporary economy.
Manufacturing Mission: Zero-defect production targeted, enhancing global export competitiveness.

Nuclear Expansion: Ten new reactors sanctioned, raising national capacity tenfold by 2047.
Deep Sea: Deep Water Exploration Mission launched to tap offshore resources, coupled with expanded initiatives in solar, hydrogen, hydro, and nuclear energy to reduce import dependency.
Critical Minerals: 1,200 sites are surveyed to secure critical minerals under the Critical Mineral Mission.
Semiconductor Mission: India’s first made-in-India semiconductor chip will roll out by end-2025..
Fertiliser Self-Sufficiency: Domestic production expansion pledged to reduce import dependence.

Pradhan Mantri Viksit Bharat Rojgar Yojana: It will provide a one-time incentive of ₹15,000 to first-time private-sector job seekers, targeting approximately 3.5 crore beneficiaries, strengthening the bridge from Swatantra Bharat to Samriddha Bharat.
BioE3 Policy: Policy reframed to promote patents and affordable biomedicine output.

Lakhpati Didis: Target of three crore Lakhpati Didis advanced before schedule.
Namo Drone Didis: Women SHGs recognised as transformative players in rural technological adoption.
Eastern Priority: Projects launched to integrate Eastern Bharat with national development.
Bicentenary: Jyotirao Phule’s bicentenary commemorated with “priority to the backward” slogan.

Obesity Reduction: Citizens urged to reduce cooking oil consumption by ten percent.
Fitness Promotion: Preventive health is positioned as an essential family and societal responsibility.
Sports Expansion: Sports reforms reiterated to strengthen the grassroots-to-Olympics athlete pipeline.